Dividend Triplers and Volatility

Life moves quickly. Already this year we have seen troubles in Egypt being supplanted by Tunisia, Bahrain and Libya. Japan's triple disasters captivated us for a period before dropping to a nagging worry about rebuilding and nuclear fallout. Tax season has come and gone and the royal wedding will soon be plastered across the media -- and we are barely out of the first quarter of the year. The tyranny of the urgent can often push the important into the background. Living on borrowed time: nuclear reactors, oppressive governments, levees that keep out flood waters -- keeping things going -- just one more year. The temptation to delay until next time is very seductive until disaster strikes and the cost to repair, dwarfs the cost to prevent. Many working people put off their retirement investing -- just one more year until it becomes a "hair on fire" problem -- which... Read more